Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoIf what they taught us about checks and balances was a lie maybe what they taught us about civil disobedience was a lie too.message-squaremessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1455arrow-down115
arrow-up1440arrow-down1message-squareIf what they taught us about checks and balances was a lie maybe what they taught us about civil disobedience was a lie too.Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up39·edit-215 hours agoThey did take it into account and George Washington himself said it was a terrible idea because it would lead to exactly where we are now.
minus-squaredrosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoIf by “take it into account” you mean they said “political parties sure are bad” then not implement anything into the system to discourage their formation, then proceed to form political parties themselves a decade or so later, then sure.
They did take it into account and George Washington himself said it was a terrible idea because it would lead to exactly where we are now.
If by “take it into account” you mean they said “political parties sure are bad” then not implement anything into the system to discourage their formation, then proceed to form political parties themselves a decade or so later, then sure.